sverdina Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 This one's for Dru or Ray or someone familiar with peaks of the Coast Range. What's that peak prominent pyramidal peak on the horizon? Photo taken from WR Wedge w/ Whistler Valley below. Quote
sverdina Posted June 10, 2003 Author Posted June 10, 2003 fuckit...here's the url http://www.sverdina.com/images/wedge1/pict0040_sm.jpg Quote
sverdina Posted June 10, 2003 Author Posted June 10, 2003 Shit...one more time: http://www.sverdina.com/images/wedge1/pict0040.jpg Quote
Dru Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 maybe Ashlu or somethin over thataway  dont think its Waddington  heres a hint  register on bivy.com  click on wedge Mountain  click on javamap, 100km radius  figure out your bearing - looks like straight southwest over Rainbow to me  draw the line and see what lines up Quote
allthumbs Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 Dru said: maybe Ashlu or somethin over thataway  dont think its Waddington  heres a hint  register on bivy.com  click on wedge Mountain  click on javamap, 100km radius  figure out your bearing - looks like straight southwest over Rainbow to me  draw the line and see what lines up are you shitting me? that's too much work, son Quote
sverdina Posted June 10, 2003 Author Posted June 10, 2003 Yeh, definitely didn't think it was the big W. I was viewing biv.com's java maps prior to my inquiry, but couldn't come up with a satisfactory answer. Not sure about Ashlu either. Drawing a line from Wedge, directly over Magic (about 15' on vertical coord.) puts Ashlu a bit to the south. Maybe Mount Albert or thereabouts?? Quote
Dru Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 Magic?  Naw, its not Albert. albert doesnt look like that or have a higher glaciated pk south of it.  You should have taken the pic horizontal not vertical, with more background, if you wanted to ID pks  Why the hell did you slog up W ridge anyways I hope you were at least smart enuf to go down N ridge Quote
sverdina Posted June 10, 2003 Author Posted June 10, 2003 Sorry..I meant Rainbow, not Magic (don't ask). Went up Wedge Couloir, not WR (big difference there, eh). Would have preferred NE Arete, but to those I was with, the route was unfortunately not an option. I regret not having just solo'd it myself. Lame. fuck. Quote
klenke Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 I think your mystery peak is most probably Mt. Queen Bess (10,869 ft). See here Phil's Coast Range Trip for a good comparative picture (it is the 29th picture in the set labeled "Looking south to the Homathko icefield, and Mt Queen Bess." Other pictures can be found on Bivouac.com (but they're not that good). Queen Bess is about 200km NW of Garibaldi. Quote
sverdina Posted June 11, 2003 Author Posted June 11, 2003 Yep, I also considered that...in fact that was my first choice. However, QB is relatively near Waddington, and as such, I doubt you could even see that far from the summit of Wedge. Would be cool if it was QB though! Quote
sverdina Posted June 11, 2003 Author Posted June 11, 2003 The image is actually cropped from a horizontal shot, showing much more of the horizon. As Dru suggested, more clues can be found there... Quote
iain Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 maybe this will all be fixed if you just post at least 10 more times to this thread Quote
klenke Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 The distance from Garibaldi to Queen Bess would be about the same as the distance from Mt. Rainier to Mt. Baker and I know you can see one of these from the other on a clear day. There is a mass of mountains to the left of the mystery peak. Waddington could be hiding behind this. It is also conceivable that the mass on the left edge of the photograph is itself Mt. Waddington, which would put it and QB in the right places relative to each other. Â I suppose it is possible your mystery peak is Waddington, but it doesn't look high enough relative to the adjacent peaks. It's also not rugged enough. Plus, it's too solitary to be Waddington. Waddington is closely surrounded by some pretty big peaks (like Combatant, Tiedman, and Munday). Munday would be on the front left of your mystery peak if it were Waddington. There's just nothing there. Quote
allthumbs Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 iain said: maybe this will all be fixed if you just post at least 10 more times to this thread is he talking to himself, or what? Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 Fuck who knows. Queen Bess sounds like the best guess to me. I've taken photos of it but from the opposite side. Â I didnt bother to read your website or which direction you took it from\looking to. Â Sounds like you didn't climb the N Ridge of Wedge. It's better than Eldorado and a long way to drive just to slog up the descent. Bummer for you. Â Â Quote
sverdina Posted June 11, 2003 Author Posted June 11, 2003 Original image here: http://www.sverdina.com/images/dload/wedge/pict0040.jpg  Looks like there's some bigger peaks left (south?) of QB. Quote
jordop Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 Ah, no faqing way it is QB . You are looking almost due WEST in photo, QB would be way more north than that and have all sorts of 9500+ peaks in the way. Lilloooet, Stanley, Good Hope,Gilbert, Raliegh, MONMOUTH, &c., &c. Â That being said, I'm still not sure, but Tinniswood is prob the peak at far left and ???? Clendenning/Sims in between. Â The reason you can see Rainier from Baker is because it's 14 thousand fucking feet and there's nothing in between but gapers Quote
Dru Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 You can't see QB from near Wedge, trust me I looked, anyway it dont look anything like that from SE. Quote
Dru Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 jordop said: Overseer  Naw, its either Longspur or Elaho, prob the latter. Quote
jordop Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 Elaho has like 20 degree slopes on all sides. Meager Quote
lummox Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 i dont get it. does the peak not have a name yet? Quote
jordop Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 It's gotta be Tinniswood. Draw lines on Javamap Quote
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